We visited the planet Iceland in August of 2014. This is what we remember. Scattered memories from a strange and beautiful place. Not soon to be forgotten. Specs: Shot on Canon C100 + 1DC. Approx 85% of the footage is C100 as it was too difficult to monitor exposure on the 1DC in the field. Relied heavily on the C100’s NDs and waveform monitor. Mostly Canon glass: 16-35mm, 24-70, and 70-200. Shot handheld because it was cold, windy and spooky. Trip was 8 days. Edited in Adobe Premier and After Effects. Using Particular, Optical Flares, Data Glitch. Color using Fast Color Corrector for simple LOG correction, no fancy grade. Helicopter HUD in Photoshop. Sound in Premier. Vocal retouched in Logic Pro with Altiverb. Music by Blake Ewing, licensed via the Music Bed. Film by Alex Cornell. http://alexcornell.com More pics here: http://hellonikki.net/?tag=iceland Produced by Moonbase. http://moonbase.com
Far From Home
After an 8 hour flight, we landed in Reykjavik, rented a car and headed east. Our circumnavigation of the island began immediately, with a two hour drive and two epic waterfalls before we checked in to the Icelandair Hotel in Vík.
When we arrived in Iceland, I was delirious from the travel (being a vegetarian is tough sometimes!). The only restaurants open when we got in were gas stations, and even then, my snacks didn't satiate my hungry appetite. However, when we made our first stop at Seljalandsfoss that all disappeared. Walking behind a beautiful waterfall filled me with so much excitement, my priority for eating completely went away. At our next stop, Skógafoss, I was so impressed by how close you can get to the waterfall. A double rainbow nearby didn't hurt either!
By the time we set out for our hotel, my hunger pangs kicked in so we made a beeline to the closest restaurant in Vík, Halldorskaffi. We then reset - freshened up, took a long nap, had an early dinner at Berg Restaurant and continued our exploration of the town. After sunset, we returned back to our hotel with celebratory drinks at the bar for a successful first day of our 10-day journey.
Endless Falls
I lost track of the amount of waterfalls we saw on the Ring Road, but Seljalandsfoss and Skógafoss were our first. They both were very crowded with tourists, unlike this waterfall we had all to ourselves.
Vík í Mýrdal
Hat: LF Store (old), similar here
Chambray: Jcrew
Parka: BB Dakota
Jeans: Rag & Bone
Boots: Steven by Steve Madden